Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Hossein Nasr
Born: April 7, 1933 (age 92)
Bio: Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and an Islamic philosopher. He is the author of scholarly books and articles.
Known for:
- Knowledge and the sacred (1981)
- The Garden of Truth (2007)
- A Young Muslim Guide to the Modern World (1993)